 ***Update on Duplicate Listing Policy*** |
17 February, 2006 | 05:14 PM IST
Duplicate listing of same item multiple times has been one of the major concerns amongst our community members. Many buyers are finding the experience very frustrating and this has also come out in many user studies that we have conducted. After taking feedback from the community, and also keeping in view the nascency of our market, we are reducing the number of allowed multiple listings from 10 to 5. This will help in reducing the site clutter and improving buying experience. At the same time, it will maintain the flexibility for a seller to showcase the width of inventory.
eBay will enforce this policy from March 5, 2006.
Currently we are identifying sellers doing above 10 multiple listings and post March 5 we will work to identify sellers doing above 5 multiple listings. As always, we will encourage our members to report users who might be violating the policy through the Contact Us link. From March 5 onwards, we will work to identify seller doing more than 5 listings and take action accordingly.
Do continue to give us inputs and all feedback is welcome.
Duplicate Listing Policy
Sellers may not concurrently have more than 5 listings for identical items. If a seller chooses to list in more than one category, the seller must still adhere to the multiple listings limit of 5. Sellers may not use multiple User IDs to list more than 5 identical items.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:
-Listing cancellation
-Limits on account privileges
-Account suspension
-Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
-Loss of PowerSeller status
Spend a few minutes taking eBay's tutorial on Search and Browse Manipulation
Example of violation of this policy
Sellers who are selling individual same-model Digital Camera from Sony shall not add an additional item of insignificant value to the listing in order to "create" a unique listing:
List 5 individual same-model Sony Camera with a USB cord each
List 5 individual same-model Sony Camera with a pouch each
List 5 individual same-model Sony Camera with a package of photo paper each
These listings would be considered as 15 identical listings and shall be considered a violation of the policy
To know more about the policy, please visit our Duplicate Listing Policy Page.
Regards,
The eBay Team
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